toothed
/tuːθt/
toothed adjective: having teeth. Also the simple past and past participle of tooth.
Adjective
toothed (not comparable)
- Having teeth.
- The sperm whale is a toothed whale.
- Synonyms:
- dentate, dentiferous, dentigerous
- Having projections resembling an animal's teeth.
- A cog is a toothed wheel.
- Having teeth of the specified type.
- A sharp-toothed rat.
- A fine-toothed comb.
Also used as
toothed is also the simple past and past participle of tooth.
Examples of toothed in a sentence
- A rake is a long-handled toothed gardening tool.
- The horn is made by joining the toothed ends of two pieces of oxhorn together.
- Twisting forces were taken by the huge brake-drums, whose toothed edges lock directly into the wheelrim.
Synonyms of toothed
Origin of toothed
From tooth + -ed.
Words formed from toothed
- Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse
- buck-toothed
- bucktoothed
- fine-toothed
- fine-toothed comb
- gap-toothed
- gate-toothed
- gobber-toothed
- large-toothed aspen
- loose-toothed
- megatoothed
- multitoothed
- nontoothed
- red-toothed
- red-toothed shrew
- rough-toothed dolphin
- saber-toothed
- sabre-toothed
- saw-toothed
- scimitar-toothed
- sharp-toothed
- small-toothed palm civet
- snaggletoothed
- snaggle-toothed
- spade-toothed whale
- sweet-toothed
- toothed jelly fungus
- toothed jelly mushroom
- toothedly
- toothedness
- toothed whale
- untoothed
- yellow-toothed cavy
Phrases with toothed
Questions about toothed
- What does toothed mean?
- Toothed means having teeth.
- What part of speech is toothed?
- Toothed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce toothed?
- Toothed is pronounced /tuːθt/.
Words near toothed in the dictionary
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